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st james sacred service september 24th wrfixum hockey dance in arena september 25th vol 83 no 17 phone 6402101 stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday september 23 1971 18 pages 15 cents town taxes take drop stouffville there is good news this week for the majority of whitchurch- stouffville taxpayers budget figures approved by council tuesday show that a public school supporter owning a house assessed at 20000 will pay s32320 in municipal taxes this year this represents a decrease of 31 10 on an average home in the former twp of whitchurch a decrease of 1514 in the former village of stouffville but an increase of 1902 in the annexed portion of the old twp of markham of the 18 million budget figure 985000 goes to the cost of education and 316000 to regional government mayor ken laushway explained mystery blaze levels barn uxbridge twp a descending meteorite a plane on fire these and other suggestions were offered firemen by eye witnesses at the scene of a blaze saturday that levelled a large barn on the farm of eva helmkay cone 2 uxbridge township they told of seeing a ball of flame streak across the sky then plumet to earth seconds before the frame building became a raging inferno the oddity was viewed by residents as far away as ux bridge and zephyr fire chief walter smith of stouffville said the exact cause was still a mystery wilbert kelly of toronto a nephew of miss helmkay and now looking after the property since the death of her brother in march was the first to see the fire a cow eight pigs and a quantity of hay and straw were destroyed two smaller buildings were saved and the farm house suffered no damage miss helmkay a resident on the property for the past 63 years injured her face when she fell while trying to reach the phone she was found on the kitchen floor closing the generation gap the generation gap was narrowed saturday when the young and pretty old and ugly joined forces for history in action day on the grounds of the brougham museum the touch of beauty came in the form of 25 entries in pickerings miss united appeal contest for 1971 including 18 year old debi fisher of greenwood the waterloo steamer was driven by mac middlcton of claremont j thomas new community hall is approved for park stouffville whitchurch- stouffville council held a special meeting tuesday in the stouffville park at it they gave unanimous approval to the construction of a new community hall on a site northeast of the grandstand the project wont cost the town a single cent the donor is arthur latcham rupert avenue the structure measuring 90 by 40 will accommodate 270 persons in addition to the auditorium it will feature a 40 by 16 stage change rooms and kitchen facilities the contractor is robert bruce building contractors stouffville rr3 work at the site has already been started the exterior mr latcham said will be brick with a part plaster part wood interior the floor will be polished cement the hall will be heated elec trically mr latcham said the stage would be so arranged as to accommodate a projection screen he declined to stipulate a price on the project mayor ken laushway in recommending council move quickly on the proposal termed the gift as marvellous the entrance to the hall will be from park road on the east mayor laushway said a walk way could also be constructed from church street on the west hydro employees honored markham two markham men- longtime employees of ontario hydro were honored sept 17 at a banquet held at the firefighters club don mills road john bayes george street and archie percy robinson st received the congratulations and best wishes of 150 fellow workmen and friends mr percy has been 44 years with hydro he retires this month mr bayes has 43 years to his credit and retires in oc tober each was presented with a transistor radio and a cash award their wives received trillium pins among those in attendance were c a richardson area manager dick shaw area sales and service supervisor j w kerr station maintenance supervisor and former area manager on oct 23 mr percy and mr bayes will be further honored along with several other retiring employees within the central region at a ceremony arranged by hydro officials school sale policy sharply criticized by lady councillor stouffville a policy adopted by the york county board to sell unwanted rural schools by sealed tender has been sharply criticized by whitchurchstouffville coun cillor betty vannostrand with particular reference to the nowvacant school at lemonville that could possibly be utilized as a community centre mrs vannostrand recommended the price be restricted to a nominal sum and that council approach the members with this thought in mind the taxpayers have already paid for this building she said the issue was raised after mayor ken laushway revealed that several residents in the lemonville area had indicated a desire to retain the school for community use he said henry nauta was spearheading the drive and the two of them had been successful in delaying its sale for two weeks mr nauta in a supporting letter to council explained that at present the church was the only location where events and activities could take place mrs vannostrand pointed out that for some functions a church was not suitable i feel these surplus schools should be sold for a nominal fee she repeated mayor laushway said the board seemed to feel it unfair to give a school to one municipality and not another right or wrong thats their policy he observed councillor vannostrands stand found support one of these was councillor herb simpson he said whitchurch- stouffville had been asked for an opinion on how the schools should be sold by tender or by open auction and when the latter was recommended the trustees adopted the tender method if they werent going to pay any attention to our recom mendation why did they bother to ask he demanded these people have already paid for the school now theyre being asked to buy it back the buildings should be sold by public auc tion councillor merlyn baker sounded a note of caution he said that while he favored the creation of a community centre at lemonville he was opposed to the formation of another community centre board members agreed to place their recommendations in a written report and submit it to the school board as soon as possible pcs choose roman yorkcentre as rumored markham mayor anthony roman is the con servative standardbearer in york centre he was acclaimed at a meeting in thornhill tuesday the ircumbcnt is liberal donald m deacon of unionvillc police service not adequate chief is told soon tear the place down stouffville police protection within the former village of stouffville is not adequate york regional chief bruce crawford was told at a businessmens association meeting tuesday reaching such a point according to one speaker theyll soon tear the place down it was president cliff aiken who listed the major grievances ranging from open consumption of alcohol on the street to drag- racing and vandalism chief crawford revealed statistics that showed fewer calls to the vandorf office from stouffville as compared to the old system when the office was on main street he noted too that speeding charges had in creased merchant bill paul argued however that a deterrent to crime was needed rather than arrests after an offense had been committed he said this could be accomplished by constant patrol the chief noted that one man and a cruiser was assigned to stouffville on a 24hour basis except when required for emergencies elsewhere he said that just because the officer is not in full view does not mean hes not in the area ill admit the service isnt perfect but its far better than you had last year he con tinued this point was rejected by many you live here for a week and see if the cruiser is in town 24 hours a day suggested gordon minton i say its not here 4 hours a day ken wagg said that under the old arrangement the program was one of prevention rather than catching culprits we need help demanded businessman graham hudson he said that if statistics were a sole basis for comparison stouffville people could quadruple the number of calls chief crawford noted that to increase j the size of the force would mean an increased budget something that would have to wait until 1972 he said he would make an effort to have more officers assigned to the main street on weekends but couldnt guarantee it with reference to a tribune editorial of sept 2 that pointed to a deterioration of police service in stouffville chief crawford termed the editor as misinformed and the editorial as garbage lemonville school future is undecided lemonville what does the future hold for the former lemonville public school will it be sold by tender like several others in the region or be retained for use as a com munity centre on the advice of york board chairman arthur starr action has been reserved for two weeks the same holds true for the former temperanceville school it may be acquired as a centre for retarded children a policy as spelled out by the board calls for the school bells to remain with the buildings unless an association or local museum wishes to purchase one the schools will be sold four at a time with inspections per mitted in advance tenders must be received on the first group by oct 12 mr pleasant haggcrman vandorf and pottagcville group two by oct 18 udora melville bloomington and shrubmount and group three by nov 4 peffcrlaw pine orchard and hingwood a standard tender form will be sent to anyone expressing an interest in the properties vance ambulance service is sold markham vance am bulance service an efficient operation throughout the south east area of york for the past six- years has been sold to the province the dept of health currently subsidizing the operation will take it over oct 1 the location of the base station is not yet certain although richmond hill agincourt and uxbridge have been suggested as contact points it was back in june 1965 that vance bros established the service utilizing a 1958 chevrolet as a lone ambulance this was later replaced by a more modern unit a 1959 old- smobile a new 1967 pontiac was added with a vantype vehicle provided later by the depart ment during its period of operation under the vance name the firm distinguished itself not only with the efficiency of its response to emergency calls but with the drivers attitude towards patients in their care crowded ballantrae school york school board to the rescue plowing pointers from a pro stouffv illes fred timbers has forgotten more about match plowmanship than jim bogers rclhcsda road stouffville rr4 may ever know rut he parted u ith some of that know ledge at a junior competition saturday the site was the farm of carl timbers cone 6 whitchurch ballantrae the board of education has moved to relieve the situation at ballantrae school the school is presently under a strain with enrolment up more than 40 percent over last year principal harry hunt cited two factors accounting for this closing of the school at vivian and shrubmount and the new vla subdivision west of hwy 48 so far the problem has been handled through the use of portables the school presently uses four of these but this is regarded as only a temporary solution at a recent meeting the board authorized renovation of the schools old section and the addition of new classrooms a general purpose room library guidance and health rooms an architect has been engaged and has already submitted sketch plans the renovations will affect 5 of the 11 classrooms mr hunt predicts that completion of the project will relieve many problems including the use of the basement for a kindergarten room in spite of such difficulties said mr hunt the school program is operating smoothly an efficient studentteacher ratio has been maintained he said and there have been no problems with children tran sferred from vivian and shrubmount when a final set of architects drawings becomes available a meeting will be arranged so that parents may see the plans mr hunt concluded v v